subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Which are the notable bowling actions totally ripped off from other bowlers?
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Ripped off bowling actions
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Arachnödouche2.0
School Boy/Girl Captain
Ajmal too. And Mohammad Hafeez. Bit of a cottage industry in Pak cricket that.
Arachnödouche2.0
School Boy/Girl Captain
Henry Olonga seemed like he was doing a Donald. At least he had the pace bit down albeit erratically.
I think Umar Gul was a McG fan and did the leap-in like his hero.
Seem to recall reading somewhere that Walsh's action was a tribute to Holding. I can sort of see it especially in the swaying, dgaf approach to the wicket but lol@everything else if true.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
The most blatant.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Huh? I never noticed that
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
AVishkar Salvi - Glenn McGrath
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Walsh apparently copied Holding. I can see it now but damn it's such an ugly version of it.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
A lot of SL fast bowlers have actions that look to be copied from Dilhara Fernando. In a similar vein, the mid-late fifties in Australia featured a good number of Ray Lindwall imitators (including the slightly tilted run and wiggly arm thing he did).
Andy Caddick was supposed to have copied Richard Hadlee, it doesn't look very much like it but I can see where it comes from. Hadlee himself copied Dennis Lillee - if you watch footage of Hadlee very early in his career his action was different, and much more like his brother's.
thierry henry
International Coach
If anyone had an action like Walsh it was Mervyn Dillon imo
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Always thought Zaheer Khan's is a low rent leftie version of Imran's action.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
The best example of this is Miraz copying Ramesh Powar’s bowling action.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Cullen Bailey copied Shane Warne. It didn't work.
Johan Botha tried to copy Murali. It worked even less because he wasn't physically capable and got himself banned.
Johan Botha tried to copy Murali. It worked even less because he wasn't physically capable and got himself banned.
Thala_0710
First Class Debutant
Pathirana and Thusara copying Malinga has to be up there
sayon basak
International Regular
Malinga copied Rubel.
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
Dennis Lillee foresaw the arrival of Nitish Kumar Reddy and copied his action.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Both Zampa and Swepson are Warne impressions, even if less exact.
Warne inadvertently ruined many kids' shoulders and led to thousands of leg spinners who either bowl too slowly, too inaccurately or can't spin the ball. Leg spin is harder to bowl at the right pace with any control, and puts significantly more stress on the body (I have a paper proving the latter somewhere). If you've got Warne's massive fingers, wrists, arms and shoulders, then ambling in and putting in all the effort at the crease is fine. But most of the legions of imitators don't have that, and they need to run in longer and significantly faster.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Trent Boult initially copied Wasim Akram - very obvious in videos from 2008 U19 World Cup (which I can't find now). However as he didn't have a shoulder muscle the size of a basketball, he fairly quickly adapted to the whippy style more similar to Vaas, Nehra, Irfan etc.